790 almost home

[dirt ditch]

One more ride and it will be home this morning. Just in time to clean up after the ice storm. But weather man says 100% chance of snow today and tonight so I will have to work this weekend.

I posted this in the wrong group. I appologize to all the Kubota owners out there.

 

[bigdad]

I was considering one of those when I bought my Kubota.
Nice stuff, but my Kubota dealer out-did the Deere dealer.

Have Fun!

 

[dirt ditch]

Some how I posted this in the Kubota forums , so I will try again.

One more ride and it will be home this morning . Just in time to clean up after the ice storm . But weather man says 100% chance of snow today and tonight so I will have to work this weekend . Links are to the pictures

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/kubota-owning-operating/91412d1197628265-790-almost-home-790_01.jpg
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/kubota-owning-operating/91413d1197628299-790-almost-home-790_02.jpg
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/kubota-owning-operating/91414d1197628325-790-almost-home-790_03.jpg

 

[sandman2234]

Nice looking tractor!
Why do truckdrivers insist on puttin straps against the cylinder rams? Seems side deflection and the weight of the tractor bouncing against the rams can't be good for it. Guess that is just the easiest place to throw a strap.
Be sure and go over it good with an keen eye and a greasegun before you venture out into that white stuff. I have heard that it is no fun breaking down in it.
David from jax

 

[ndnparts]

LOL, I thought maybe Kubota got a good deal on some green paint..... Nice tractor though, even if it does need some orange to make it right. Stan

One more ride and it will be home this morning. Just in time to clean up after the ice storm. But weather man says 100% chance of snow today and tonight so I will have to work this weekend.

I posted this in the wrong group. I appologize to all the Kubota owners out there.

 

[WayneB]

WAIT A MINUTE---------------------I MUST BE IN THE WRONG FORUM?

nope this is the Kubota Owning / Operating. Like Orange, but some of those Green ones are pretty too.

 

[hazmat]

I moved the thread from the Kubota forum & merged with the one already here.

If any of you happen to make the same mistake, feel free to use the "notify moderator" button (red triangle) to the left of a post to let us know. We're more than happy to move threads to the appropriate home.

Congrats on the new tractor.

 

[JB4310]

Nice machine, I see you got the Horst cast Forks, they are the best I've seen, I'm doing a project now converting them to work with my 3 PT I-Match. I got the 73" high volume bucket just for the snow, it helps alot. How much do those wheel weights weigh? Good Luck!

 

[easygo]

That is one good looking fella there! I looked them too but it was way out of my budged. My neighbor owns one and uses the FEL to plow snow. He will drive right into the 2-3 ft snow banks that the state plow makes in their driveway and the 790 just keeps on going, laughing at the challenge. Congrats

 

[dirt ditch]

Nice machine, I see you got the Horst cast Forks, they are the best I've seen, I'm doing a project now converting them to work with my 3 PT I-Match. I got the 73" high volume bucket just for the snow, it helps alot. How much do those wheel weights weigh? Good Luck!

The JD dealer said the Horst forks were better made than the Deere forks and they were also cheaper. 3 weights per wheel, 60 lbs. a piece. I got the 61" heavy duty bucket with a replaceable cutting edge. Once work slows down I will be using the forks first. The driveway is full of limbs from the ice storm. We have to drive through the yard to get to the house.

 

[JB4310]

Looking at your forks closer I see they beefed up the upper bulk head a little more, theirs were already HD, as some forks come with nothing on the top, the reason I was paying such close attention to that detail is because that's what I was working on today getting my forks to mount to my I-match.
So you're in the middle of that hard hit area of the storm and now you are getting another!! we have been getting them here in New England a couple of days later, big one coming this week end, Hope you don't have to much damage, the tractor will make things a little easier.

 

[dirt ditch]

That looks good. It will free up your loader. Years ago in high school I made bail forks out of 3" square tubing to fit on a 3 point hitch. It was made for a much larger tractor and dad modified it several times over the years to fit different tractors. Dad used them for moving all kinds of things. When I have time I want to modify it again to fit the 790.

Looks like Horst has beefed up the bulk head since you bought yours.

The electric company said 5 to 15 days before they get the power back on and looks like we got about 6" of snow last night . My family is OK, we have heat and electricity, since I had to buy a generator last spring when we went a week with out power after the tornado.